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Bryson’s choice: content or pro golf?, Midpoint check on Tour under-performers, SGS Golf Advice

5/21/20261 hr 6 min

This Friday episode kicks off with a good old-fashioned Sports Minute following the latest exploits of Andy's beloved Pete Crow-Armstrong. Although bad, PCA's struggles seem like nothing compared to Brendan's Cavaliers after a historic collapse in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals against PJ's Knicks. As a follow-up to Wednesday's show, Brendan provides an early update on the Browns' QB competition before transitioning into the all-important RATINGS! report for the 2026 PGA Championship. The masses turned out to watch Aaron Rai's back nine at Aronimink, giving CBS its highest viewership for the PGA since Phil Mickelson's win at Kiawah. With limited returns from the first go around Lanny's Place, the bulk of this episode focuses on Bryson DeChambeau's impending "choice" between playing professional golf or becoming a full-time YouTuber. Appearing on Katie Miller's podcast this week, Bryson implied that he must choose between pro golf and content creation with no way to do both simultaneously. He also confirmed that he DOES believe the moon landing happened - only because Elon Musk told him so - but doubts that the video footage of the event is real. Andy is willing to put money on "Bryson Plays Golf on the Moon" within the next decade, if anyone is willing to take him up on that. Elsewhere on LIV, ESPN has reported that Scott O'Neil's plan for a re-imagined LIV Golf has "significant interest" from potential investors. Brendan and Andy then take a look at a Josh Carpenter report about the 2028 PGA Tour schedule and the new markets that the Tour is looking to hold annual events in. Brendan is especially enthused about the Pacific Northwest getting a yearly stop, although it does not look like it will be at Chambers Bay as of now. Andy briefly checks in on the International Presidents Cup Team standings during a check-in on under-performers through two majors because he's worried about Pendy's status for Medinah. Viktor Hovland and the aforementioned Bryson are highlighted by Brendan, but Andy is much more focused on players like Neal Shipley and Tony Finau. To wrap things up for this post-major week, SGS Golf Advice returns with a layered question from a listener who unwillingly finds himself as a club committee chairman.

 

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  1. PJ· Panelist0:00

    Now, the Shotgun Start in golf is full of mathematics. Um, there's a lot of, a lot of setup work that we have to do in order to make a tournament work. So I'm gonna demonstrate to you just exactly how we do a Shotgun Start here.

  2. Brendan Porath· Host0:13

    And here we go.

  3. Andy Johnson· Host0:16

    All right, all right, all right.

  4. Brendan Porath· Host0:19

    Gentlemen, start your engines. [upbeat music] Greetings, and welcome to a Friday edition of the Shotgun Start. It is May 22nd. Andy, how we doing?

  5. Andy Johnson· Host0:46

    Brendan. You know, I'm doing, uh, I'm doing well. I, uh, I gotta say, it's, uh, it was a tough week for my Cubbies in PCA. Um, but- I saw a Little League home run of one through is, uh, which means- [laughs] ...

  6. Brendan Porath· Host1:01

    you know, an error, not, I don't know if it's scored inside the park home run. 'Cause PCA just ran by the ball. Whoops. I mean, I see that on a nightly basis here in the youth sports schedule. But, uh, your guy PCA, that was fun.

  7. Andy Johnson· Host1:14

    Did you see, um, did you see he yelled at the Sox fan this weekend too?

  8. Brendan Porath· Host1:19

    No. No.

  9. Andy Johnson· Host1:19

    He cur- Curse him? You know, he cursed out a Sox fan. Like, he was, like, s- sitting down after he crashed into the wall or something. This woman yelled

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